The best site that we have found for travel directions map to and from destination is google maps. You enter your starting point and a destination and google returns a detailed map with step by step directions including miles between each major point (exits).
In the past I have always used some kind of spice mix to add to ground meat for tacos. The last time I made tacos, I bought a pack of these spices and lost it (temporarily). With the packet lost, I decided to flavor my own meat. The following recipe is what I came up with. It was fairly good.
1 lb ground meat
1 tbsp dry oregano
1 tsp onion and parsley powder
salt and pepper
2 tbsp. hot/medium pepper sauce
You can find the menus for the best small restaurants in New Orleans at menuflavors.com. My wife and I personally love to eat at Crazy Johnnies in Fat City (Metairie). We also like Mr. Gyros in Metairie. There used to be one on Decatur, about a block down from Cafe du Monde, but I’m not sure if it is still there. On the east side of the French Market there is the Louisiana Pizza Kitchen. That was my favorite place to eat lunch when we worked in the French Market.
What should you eat when you’re in New Orleans? For a native New Orleanian this is easy, seafood. But not just any seafood. Make sure you ask for fresh Louisiana seafood. Those that care won’t mind that you asked and those that do mind, well, I don’t think you want to eat at their establishment anyway.
So, what seafood dishes are the best? I’m glad you asked. Creole seafood gumbo is top on the list, which includes any and hopefully all of the following: blue crab, shrimp, oysters, andouille sausage, and plenty of cayenne pepper (for the really courageous). Next, their are a variety of items I would say rank way up at the top of the list; boiled crawfish (make sure you suck the heads), fried oysters, fried catfish, fried shrimp, seafood platter with everything fried (only if you cholesterol is not to high, in which case, it may be after this one), jambalaya, anything etouffee, shrimp poboy, oyster poboy, catfish poboy, oyster gumbo, chicken and andouille gumbo, crawfish pie, sweet potato pie, pecan pie, merliton stuffed with shrimp dressing, merliton pie, stuffed crabs, red beans and rice, and just about anything you can find should be good.
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We are indexing our hometown first, New Orleans. Menuflavors.com will have the most comprehensive, uptodate list of restaurant menus in New Orleans on the internet. We plan to start adding more cities by this fall.
Do you ever wondered what words like antipasto, cacciatore, chorizo, and other food words mean? Tom Fitzmorris, a New Orleans food critic, has posted an online food dictionary that defines many common, but not so well understood, cooking words.
This is the first entry of what will become thousands of entries into menuflavors blog. We will feature restaurant reviews; interviews with chefs, staff, and owners; recipes; and every thing foodie. Check back often for great post.